Tulbaghia is a genus of monocotyledonous herbaceous perennial bulbs native to Africa, belonging to the amaryllis family. It is one of only two known genera in the society garlic tribe within the onion subfamily. The genus was named for Ryk Tulbagh (1699–1771), one time governor of The Cape of Good Hope.
Kniphofia is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Asphodelaceae, first described as a genus in 1794. Species are native to Africa. Common names include tritoma, red hot poker, torch lily and poker plant.
Clutia is a plant genus of the family Peraceae. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa and to the Arabian Peninsula.
Plectranthus is a genus of about 85 species of flowering plants from the sage family, Lamiaceae, found mostly in southern and tropical Africa and Madagascar. Common names include spur-flower. Plectranthus species are herbaceous perennial plants, rarely annuals or soft-wooded shrubs, sometimes succulent; sometimes with a tuberous base.
Aneilema is a genus of monocotyledonous plants of approximately 60 species. The vast majority of the species are native to sub-Saharan Africa, but a few are found in Oceania and one, Aneilema brasiliense, is from South America. It is the third largest genus in the family Commelinaceae after Commelina and Tradescantia, and it is one of only six genera in the family to occur in both the Eastern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere.
Trachyandra is a genus of plant in the family Asphodelaceae, subfamily Asphodeloideae, first described as a genus in 1843. It is native to eastern and southern Africa, as well as to Yemen and Madagascar. Many of the species are endemic to South Africa.
- Trachyandra acocksiiOberm. - Cape Province in South Africa
- Trachyandra adamsonii(Compton) Oberm. - Cape Province, Namibia
- Trachyandra affinisKunth - Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal
- Trachyandra arenicolaJ.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Cape Province
- Trachyandra aridimontanaJ.C.Manning - Cape Province
- Trachyandra arvensis(Schinz) Oberm. - Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia
- Trachyandra asperataKunth - South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini
- Trachyandra brachypoda(Baker) Oberm. - Cape Province
- Trachyandra bulbinifolia(Dinter) Oberm. - Cape Province, Namibia
- Trachyandra burkei(Baker) Oberm. - Botswana, Limpopo, Free State, Cape Province
- Trachyandra capillata(Poelln.) Oberm. - KwaZulu-Natal
- Trachyandra chlamydophylla(Baker) Oberm. - Cape Province
- Trachyandra ciliata(L.f.) Kunth - Cape Province, Namibia
- Trachyandra dissectaOberm. - Cape Province
- Trachyandra divaricata(Jacq.) Kunth - Cape Province; naturalized in Australia
- Trachyandra ensifolia (Sölch) Roessler - Namibia
- Trachyandra erythrorrhiza(Conrath) Oberm. - Gauteng
- Trachyandra esterhuysenaeOberm. - Cape Province
- Trachyandra falcata(L.f.) Kunth - Cape Province, Namibia
- Trachyandra filiformis(Aiton) Oberm. - Cape Province
- Trachyandra flexifolia(L.f.) Kunth - Cape Province
- Trachyandra gerrardii(Baker) Oberm. - Eswatini, South Africa
- Trachyandra giffenii(F.M.Leight.) Oberm. - Cape Province
- Trachyandra glandulosa(Dinter) Oberm. - Namibia
- Trachyandra gracilentaOberm. - Cape Province
- Trachyandra hantamensisBoatwr. & J.C.Manning - Cape Province
- Trachyandra hirsuta(Thunb.) Kunth - Cape Province
- Trachyandra hirsutiflora(Adamson) Oberm. - Cape Province
- Trachyandra hispida(L.) Kunth - Cape Province
- Trachyandra involucrata(Baker) Oberm. - Cape Province
- Trachyandra jacquiniana(Schult. & Schult.f.) Oberm. - Cape Province
- Trachyandra kamiesbergensisBoatwr. & J.C.Manning - Cape Province
- Trachyandra karrooicaOberm. - Cape Province, Namibia
- Trachyandra lanata(Dinter) Oberm. - Namibia
- Trachyandra laxa(N.E.Br.) Oberm. - South Africa, Namibia, Botswana
- Trachyandra malosana(Baker) Oberm. - Malawi to Zimbabwe
- Trachyandra mandrarensis(H.Perrier) Marais & Reilly - Madagascar
- Trachyandra margaretaeOberm. - Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal
- Trachyandra montanaJ.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Cape Province
- Trachyandra muricata(L.f.) Kunth - Cape Province, Namibia
- Trachyandra oligotricha(Baker) Oberm. - Cape Province
- Trachyandra paniculataOberm. - Cape Province
- Trachyandra patensOberm. - Cape Province
- Trachyandra peculiaris(Dinter) Oberm. - Namibia
- Trachyandra proliferaP.L.Perry - Cape Province
- Trachyandra pyrenicarpa(Welw. ex Baker) Oberm. Huíla Province in Angola
- Trachyandra revoluta(L.) Kunth - Cape Province, Namibia
- Trachyandra sabulosa(Adamson) Oberm. - Cape Province
- Trachyandra saltii(Baker) Oberm. - eastern + southern Africa from Ethiopia to Cape Province; Yemen
- Trachyandra sanguinorhizaBoatwr. & J.C.Manning - Cape Province
- Trachyandra scabra(L.f.) Kunth - Cape Province
- Trachyandra smallianaHilliard & B.L.Burtt - Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal
- Trachyandra tabularis(Baker) Oberm. - Cape Province
- Trachyandra thyrsoidea(Baker) Oberm. - Cape Province
- Trachyandra tortilis(Baker) Oberm. - Cape Province
- Trachyandra triquetraThulin - Somalia
- Trachyandra zebrina(Schltr. ex Poelln.) Oberm. - Cape Province
Sarangesa seineri, also known as the dusted elfin or dark elfin, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in South Africa, Botswana and from Zimbabwe to Kenya and the DRC.
Spialia depauperata, the wandering sandman or deprived grizzled skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Kenya to Natal and in Uganda.
Stugeta bowkeri, the Bowker's sapphire, Bowker's marbled sapphire or Bowker's tailed blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in most of southern Africa.
Iolaus silarus, the straight-line sapphire, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1885. It is found in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Malawi, Zambia, southern Zaire, Tanzania, south-western Kenya and South Africa. In South Africa it is found in wooded savannah in northern KwaZulu-Natal and in savannah from Eswatini to Mpumalanga, Limpopo and North West. It is also present in Afromontane forest on the Wolkberg and the northern Drakensberg.
Englerophytum is a group of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1914.
Bonatea is a genus of orchids native to tropical and southern Africa, with one species extending into Yemen and Saudi Arabia.
Cyphia is a genus of flowering plants in the bellflower family, native to Africa; and particularly South Africa. It has been placed in its own subfamily, Cyphioideae. It is closely related to the genus Lobelia.Cyphia comes in shades of white to mauve, whereas lobelias have strong colours of blue to purple. Species in this genus have a bilabiate corolla; with 3 lobes on top and 2 below.
Syncolostemon (sagebushes) is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1838. It is native primarily to South Africa, with some species in other parts of sub-Saharan Africa, plus one species in India.
- Syncolostemon albiflorus(N.E.Br.) D.F.Otieno - Transvaal, Eswatini
- Syncolostemon argenteusN.E.Br. - KwaZulu-Natal
- Syncolostemon bolusii(N.E.Br.) D.F.Otieno - KwaZulu-Natal
- Syncolostemon bracteosus(Benth.) D.F.Otieno - widespread across much of sub-Saharan Africa
- Syncolostemon canescens(Gürke) D.F.Otieno - Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, South Africa
- Syncolostemon cinereum(Codd) D.F.Otieno & Retief - South Africa
- Syncolostemon comosus(Wight ex Benth.) D.F.Otieno - southern India
- Syncolostemon comptoniiCodd - Eswatini
- Syncolostemon concinnusN.E.Br. - Eswatini, South Africa
- Syncolostemon densiflorusBenth. - South Africa
- Syncolostemon elliottii(Baker) D.F.Otieno - Zimbabwe, Botswana, Transvaal
- Syncolostemon eriocephalusVerd. - Northern Province of South Africa
- Syncolostemon flabellifolius(S.Moore) A.J.Paton - Chimanimani Mountains of Mozambique + Zimbabwe
- Syncolostemon floccosus(Launert) D.F.Otieno - Namibia
- Syncolostemon foliosus(S.Moore) D.F.Otieno - Eswatini, South Africa
- Syncolostemon gerrardii(N.E.Br.) D.F.Otieno - South Africa
- Syncolostemon incanus(Codd) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
- Syncolostemon latidens(N.E.Br.) Codd - KwaZulu-Natal
- Syncolostemon linearis(Benth.) D.F.Otieno - Zimbabwe
- Syncolostemon macranthus(Gürke) Ashby - Drakensberg Mountains in South Africa
- Syncolostemon macrophyllusGürke - South Africa
- Syncolostemon madagascariensis(A.J.Paton & Hedge) D.F.Otieno - Madagascar
- Syncolostemon modestus(Codd) D.F.Otieno - Eswatini, South Africa
- Syncolostemon namapaensisD.F.Otieno - Mozambique, Tanzania
- Syncolostemon obermeyerae(M.Ashby) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
- Syncolostemon oritrephes(Wild) D.F.Otieno - Chimanimani Mountains of Mozambique + Zimbabwe
- Syncolostemon ornatus(S.Moore) D.F.Otieno - Chimanimani Mountains of Zimbabwe
- Syncolostemon parviflorusE.Mey. ex Benth. - Eswatini, South Africa
- Syncolostemon parvifolius(Codd) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
- Syncolostemon persimilis(N.E.Br.) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
- Syncolostemon petiolatus(Ashby) D.F.Otieno - Eswatini, South Africa, Mozambique
- Syncolostemon pretoriae(Gürke) D.F.Otieno - Eswatini, South Africa
- Syncolostemon punctatus(Codd) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
- Syncolostemon ramosus(Codd) D.F.Otieno - KwaZulu-Natal
- Syncolostemon ramulosusE.Mey. ex Benth. - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province
- Syncolostemon rehmannii(Gürke) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
- Syncolostemon rotundifoliusE.Mey. ex Benth. - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province
- Syncolostemon rugosifolius(M.Ashby) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
- Syncolostemon stalmansii(A.J.Paton & K.Balkwill) D.F.Otieno - Mpumalanga, Eswatini
- Syncolostemon stenophyllus(Gürke) D.F.Otieno - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province
- Syncolostemon subvelutinus(Gürke) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
- Syncolostemon teucriifolius(Hochst.) D.F.Otieno - Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa
- Syncolostemon thorncroftii(N.E.Br.) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
- Syncolostemon transvaalensis(Schltr.) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
- Syncolostemon welwitschii(Rolfe) D.F.Otieno - Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Zaire, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola
Tetradenia (gingerbush) is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1830. It is native to Africa, including Madagascar.
- Tetradenia bainesii(N.E.Br.) Phillipson & C.F.Steyn - Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Eswatini, KwaZulu-Natal
- Tetradenia barberae(N.E.Br.) Codd - Cape Province
- Tetradenia brevispicata(N.E.Br.) Codd - Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, Transvaal
- Tetradenia clementianaPhillipson - Madagascar
- Tetradenia cordataPhillipson - Madagascar
- Tetradenia discolorPhillipson - Zambia, Zaire, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania
- Tetradenia falafaPhillipson - Madagascar
- Tetradenia fruticosaBenth. - Madagascar
- Tetradenia galpinii(N.E.Br.) Phillipson & C.F.Steyn - southeast Africa from Tanzania to Eswatini
- Tetradenia goudotiiBriq. - Madagascar
- Tetradenia herbacea Phillipson - Madagascar
- Tetradenia hildeanaPhillipson - Madagascar
- Tetradenia isaloensisPhillipson - Madagascar
- Tetradenia kaokoensisvan Jaarsv. & A.E.van Wyk - Namibia
- Tetradenia multiflora(Benth.) Phillipson - Ethiopia
- Tetradenia nervosaCodd - Madagascar
- Tetradenia riparia(Hochst.) Codd - southern Africa from Angola + Malawi to Eswatini
- Tetradenia tanganyikaePhillipson - Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia
- Tetradenia tuberosaT.J.Edwards - KwaZulu-Natal
- Tetradenia urticifolia(Baker) Phillipson - eastern + central Africa from Sudan + Eritrea south to Zaire and Tanzania
Raphionacme is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1842. The genus is found primarily in Africa, with one species on the Arabian Peninsula.
Trichoneura is a genus of plants in the grass family. It has a scattered distribution in Africa, Arabia, and the Americas.
Boscia foetida, commonly known as the stink shepherd's tree and the smelly shepherd's bush, is an evergreen shrub or tree that is native to the warmer and drier parts southern Africa. It is found in semi-desert and arid bushveld, and in the west it occurs commonly in areas which are otherwise sparsely wooded. It is known for the particularly unpleasant smell of its flowers which appear during early spring, to which its specific name foetida alludes. Its freshly cut wood likewise has an unpleasant smell, and has traditional medicinal and magical uses, for instance as a protection against lightning. In central Botswana the village of Mopipi is named after this species.
Cyphocarpa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It is in the Amaranthoideae subfamily.
Hermbstaedtia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae.
